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The hurricane, which made landfall as a Category 5 storm, is expected to cause “catastrophic damage”, bringing at least 15 inches of rain and 165mph winds to Acapulco.
Hurricane Otis was a compact but very powerful tropical cyclone which made a devastating landfall in October 2023 near Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane.Otis was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity and surpassed Hurricane Patricia as the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record.
Hurricane Tara caused severe damage in southern Guerrero where it moved ashore, wrecking at least 10 communities. Heavy rainfall from Tara exacerbated flooding in the area, which was caused by ten days of precipitation preceding the hurricane; the heavy rainfall contaminated drinking water. [23] Strong waves killed a surfer in the Acapulco area.
The hurricane then began a period of rapid intensification, reaching Category 3 major hurricane status by 18:00 UTC. [1] The wind speed then leveled off for about 18 hours as the system underwent an eyewall replacement cycle. [1] At the same time, the mid-level ridge had weakened, resulting in the storm traveling to the northwest. [9]
The Mexican government has issued a Hurricane warning along the southern coast, stretching from Punta Maldonado to Zihuatanejo. Meanwhile, Norma has now diminished to a remnant low, the NHC said ...
Hurricane Rick was a Category 2 Pacific hurricane that struck the southwestern coast of Mexico in late October 2021. Rick was the overall seventeenth named system and the eighth hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season, as well as the fifth named storm and fourth hurricane to make landfall along the Pacific coast of Mexico in 2021.
The first hurricane to cause at least $1 billion in damage was Betsy in 1965, which caused much of its damage in southeastern Louisiana. Four years later, Camille caused over $1 billion in damage as it ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi at landfall, and Virginia after moving inland. After the 1960s, each decade saw an increase in tropical ...
Hurricane Milton's estimated damage to Florida's agriculture could go up to $2.5 billion. That's according to estimates from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.